| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| yacare | noun | A South American crocodilian (Jacare sclerops) resembling the alligator in size and habits. The eye orbits are connected together, and surrounded by prominent bony ridges. Called also spectacled alligator, and spectacled cayman. |
| yaffle | noun | The European green woodpecker (Picus, / Genius, viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack. |
| yakare | noun | Same as Yacare. |
| yaksha | noun | A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth. |
| yanked | imp. & past participle | of Yank |
| yankee | noun | A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States., Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees. |
| yaourt | noun | A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks. |
| yapock | noun | A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum. |
| yarage | adjective | The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; — said with reference to a ship. |
| yarely | adverb | In a yare manner. |
| yarnen | adjective | Made of yarn; consisting of yarn. |
| yarnut | noun | See Yernut. |
| yarrow | noun | An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed. |
| yauper | noun | One who, or that which, yaups. |
| yaupon | noun | A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea. |
| yawing | present participle & vb. noun | of Yaw |
| yawned | imp. & past participle | of Yawn |